Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has also released its trading volumes report with mixed results for a start of the year 2018. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 97,010 ( - 30.0% MoM / - 23.0% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 5,106. 項目 January 2018 Trading Volume Daily Average Change…
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Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) announced the launch of a digitally driven investment platform, powered by tZERO Advisors, within the online retailer’s FinanceHub™. This service introduces robo-advising investment management services to our millions of customers and continues Overstock’s commitment to bridging Wall Street and e-commerce,” said Patrick M. Byrne, Overstock’s founder and CEO. Overstock currently delivers world-class…
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Rebounding after a fairly weak Q4 with FX volumes declining for three consecutive months into December, data from Forex ECN FastMatch shows a nice rebound in January 2018, with one of the company's best ever months. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $20.8 billion daily in January 2018, up 33% from $15.6 billion ADV in December, and…
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It looks like the FX trading world has had a great start to 2018. Driven by increased volatility in key currency cross rates EURUSD and GBPUSD following weakness shown throughout the month by the US Dollar, institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – has reported its best ever month,…
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Leading off our retail and institutional FX volume results reports for the first month of 2018, GTX - the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) - has reported that it saw record activity in January 2018. GTX ECN set an average daily volume record $13.9 billion, beating the previous $13.3…
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Australia based boutique multi-asset prime broker Invast Global has announced the appointment of ex-Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Treasurer and former KPMG Partner Michael Cunningham as a Non-Executive Director to its Board of Directors. ASIC licensed Invast Global is a subsidiary of Jasdaq-listed Invast Securities Co. Ltd. (TYO:8709), and has grown over the past few years to…
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The largest state bank in Russia, Sberbank, has taken serious steps into introducing a cryptocurrency exchange in Europe through its Swiss branch, Sberbank Switzerland AG, local media group RBC said on Tuesday Jan. 30. The reason for the bank's choice to open the exchange in Switzerland is the fact that right now, cryptocurrency transactions and operations…
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On January 23rd, South Korea's Financial Services Commission confirmed in a statement that all Bitcoin investors and traders would need to do future business dealings though real-name bank accounts in order to "reduce room for cryptocurrency transactions to be exploited for illegal activities, such as crimes, money laundering and tax evasion." Right after the news hit…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed that it has obtained a court order halting an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that targeted retail investors to fund what it claimed to be the world’s first “decentralized bank.” According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in federal district court in Dallas on Jan. 25 and unsealed…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FXCM Group has made some senior management changes, as the company continues to shift its operating focus to London, under FXCM CEO Brendan Callan. The primary change involves the promotion of longtime FXCM US employee Juan Cafe to the #2 position in the company. Mr. Cafe will be COO…
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